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Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
Some innocents 'scape not the thunderbolt.
The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
The more thou stir it the worse it will be.
Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.
Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even
a sparing hand.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.
[Lat., Ut saepe summa ingenia in occulto latent!]
